The Genetics of Humanness | Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)

Event Date (Pacific Time):

Friday, Apr 8, 2011 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Venue:

UCSD - Liebow Auditorium, School of Medicine

Event Chairs:

Ajit Varki, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Elaine Mardis, The Ohio State University

Event Sessions:

Media for each talk can be played by clicking on icons in the table below, or by clicking on the individual talk titles below and then the attachment file at the bottom of the page.

Speakers	Session	Media
Margaret Schoeninger	Welcome
Ajit Varki	Introductory Remarks
Elaine Mardis	The Orangutan Genome
Richard Green	Neandertal and Denisovan Genomes
Evan Eichler	Segmental Duplications/Deletions
Alysson Muotri	Genetic Comparisons of Human and Ape Stem Cells
Katherine Pollard	Human Accelerated Regions in the Genome
James Noonan	Uniquely Human Gene Regulation
Yoav Gilad	Comparing Immune Response Pathways in Primates
Genevieve Konopka	Human-Specific Signaling Networks
Ajit Varki	Human-Specific Changes in Siglec Genes
Pascal Gagneux	Closing Remarks